Two days after commissioner Gary Bettman made an offer to step away from negotiations so that there could be a meeting between players and owners, the NHLPA has yet to decide if that will indeed occur.

Dolan, also the Madison Square Garden chairman, is interested in becoming more involved in the labor talks, according to the report. Dolan was very involved in the NBA lockout last year.

The parameters of any meeting between the players and owners are likely key to whether or not the NHLPA will accept the meeting invite, a source told ESPN. If the NHL wants control over which owners are invited, the players are less likely to consent, according to the report.

As for the players, count Buffalo Sabres defenseman Jordan Leopold as one player who wants no part of the meeting. The Sabres player representative had strong words about the possible meeting.

“I’m not going to be there,” Leopold told the Olean Times Herald. “I don’t want any part of it.”

Leopold thought the offer was a little less than genuine on Bettman's part.

“I think it’s funny we have Don Fehr on our side," Leopold said. "After two years, he seems to get under the owners’ skin. They want to remove one for one. I don’t know where this will lead us. It’s an interesting concept.”

Sabres winger Thomas Vanek quite frankly thinks the offer of a meeting was a PR stunt.

“They have a guy in place in Gary (Bettman)," Vanek said. "They pay him. We have a guy in place in Don (Fehr). That should be good enough. I think just another PR stunt to show that they’re trying to do anything.”

Games have been canceled through Dec. 14. The Winter Classic, the league’s annual New Year’s Day outdoor game, was canceled last month as was the All-Star Weekend, set for Jan. 26-27 in Columbus, Ohio.